Transmission-gear.



C. M. LEBGH. TRANSMISSION GEAR.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.18. 1909 Patented Oct. 25, 1910.

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UNITED STATES CHARLES M. LEECH, F LIMA, OHIO.

TBANSMISSIONGEAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 25, 1910.

Application filerl December 18, 1909. Serial No. 533,791.

vide a device of the above character, where-- by continuous rotation of a driving shaft,

may be imparted to a driven shaft for drivv1 iug the same at forward low and high speeds and reverse.

A further object of my invention is to provide a transmission gear which is controlled by a single lever.

My invention consists generally in the arrangement and combination of parts to be' hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this'specification, and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device. enlarged fragmentary plan view of the same, certain portions being shown in section.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention, as illustrated in the drawings, 1 designates a longitudinally arranged driving shaft, which is rotated by an engine (not shown) arranged in the forward end of the vehicle. A transverse shaft 2 is arranged at substantially right angles to the driving shaft 1. and in horiz'ontal-alinement with said shaft 1. The transverse or driven shaft 2 is journaled through a fixed bean in 3, within which are arran ed cylindrical ro lers 4 which. engage the cfr'iven shaft 2. Upon the outer end of the shaft 2 there is rigidly mounted a gear. wheel 5 which is to mesh with an equalizing gear arranged upon The inner end of the iven shaft 2 is provided with a beveled gar 6 which is rigidly secured thereto by means of a key 9, Near the inner 'end of the shaft 2 is arranged a friction disk .8, which is keyed as at 7 to the driven shaft 2, or rigidly connected to the samein any suitable manner. provided centrally thereof with a circular recess 10 within which the bevel gear 6' fits, as illustrated in Fig, 2.. The friction disk 8 is further provided with a beveled en- Fig. 2 is an The friction disk 8 is l gaging circular section 11, which extends to the periphery of said friction disk.

Reverse and forward low speed friction pulleys 12 and 13 are keyed upon the driv ing shaft 1 at 14 and 15 respectively, and said pulleys are thus rotated by the shaft 1 and are capable of being moved longitudinally of the same. The friction pulleys 12 and 13 are frusto-conical in shape and are indapted to engage the friction disk 11 at diametrically opposite points. The friction pulleys 12 and 13 are provided with collars 16 and 17 respectively which are rigidly connected to the outer ends of the pulleys, and may be preferably formed integral therewith. The collars 16 and 17 are also keyed upon the shaft 1 as at 18 and 19, and said collars 16. and 17 are provided with outer flanged ends 20 and 21 respectively. Upon the collars 16 and 17, are loosely mounted rings 22 and 23 respectively. The ring 22 is capable of moving longitudinally upon the sleeve 16 and engages a coil spring 24- which is arranged upon said'collar 16 and disposed between the friction pulley 12 and said ring 22. The ring 23 upon the collar 17 engages a coil spring 25 which is arranged upon said collar 17 and compressed between the pulleys 13 and said ring 23. The pulleys 12 and 13 are urged into engagement with the friction disk 8 by the movement of the rings 22 and 23 respectively, as will be hereinafter explained, and

the pulleys 12 and 13 respectively to engage the; friction disk-'8 by the tension of the springs 16 and 17.respectively.-

is disposed to meshwith the bevel gear 6 bevel gear 26 is always in mesh with the normally idleupon the driving shaft 1.

pulley 12 with a clutch head 28 which is it is obvious that the rings 22 and 23 cause Between the pulleys 12 and 13 is arranged upon shaft 1 a bevel gear 26, which rigidly connected to the driven shaft 2. The bevel gear 26 is rotatably mounted upon longitudinally upon said shaft toward the.-

the bevel gear 6. The bevelgear 26 is fur-' ther prevented from moving longitudinally bevel gear 6, and that said bevel gear 26 is The driving shaft 1 is provided near the, i

keyed as at 2!) to the shaft 1, whereby said bell-crank lever 57 is loosely mounted upon clutch head in is rotated by the shaft It andis capable of moving longitudinally of the same. The clutch head .25 is provided upon one side thereof with a clutch face which is adapted to cooperate with a correspond- .ing clutch face 31 forined upon the inner end of the bevel gear 26, whereby said bevel gear 26 may be locked to the shaft l. For the purposeof convenience I will hereinafter refer to the bevel gear 26 as the forward high speed gear. The clutch head 28 is provided with a .tianged end 32, against which is arranged a ring 33, said ring being loosely mounted upon the clutch head 28 and held in place by the flange 32. Owing to the relative size of the friction pulleys 12 :t-nd 12) to the disk 8 it is obvious that the rotation of the shaft 1 which is imparted to the shaft 2 through either of said pul-' leyswill be accordingly reduce .t. It is worthy of note that the bevel gear 26 ,is

about the same size as.the bevel gear 6 and that when the gear 26 is locked to the shaft 1,-the rotation of the shaft 2 will accordingly be about the same as that of the shaft 1.

' In connection with the portion of my device above described, I provide a controlling lever 34 which is rigidly mounted upon a rock shaft 35, upon which is arranged the stripped pinion 36, rigidly secured thereto nected thereto,

by any suitable means. The controlling lever '34 is )rovided with a latch device 37, which is a apted to cooperate with a segmental rackBSyfor locking said lever in a desired )osit-ion. The SQ UKI'IitH rack 38 is provide with a centrally arranged notch 39, termed the neutral notch. Forwardly of the neutral notch 39, the segi'nental rack 38 is provided with forward low speed and forward high speed notches 40 and 41 re spectively; Rcarwardly of the-notch 39 thesegment al' rack 38 is provided with a rcverse notch 42. In engagement with and upon opposite sides of the strip pinion 36,

are arranged pinions 43 and 44, the pinion 43-being provided with a.v dowmvardly extending lever 45 which is rigidly connected thereto, and the pinion 1-4 being provided with a double-ended lever 46 rigidly con- The free. end of the lever 45 is ivotally connected as at 47- to a rod 48 which has its opposite end pivotally con- I 5 nected as at 49 to'a projection- 50 formed upon 'thering 22. The upper free end of the lever '46 is pivot-ally connected as at 50" lower free end of the lever 46 is to one end of a rod 51,- which has its oppt.

site end bent as at 52 and pivotallty 0011- nected as at 53 to a-projection 54 ormed upon the upper sideof the ring-33. The pivotally:

connected as at 55- to a rod 56 the opposite end of which is pivotally connected. to one arm of a bell-crank lever 57 as at 59.. The e the clutchhead 28 and .pul

a fixed shaft 00. The other arm 61 of the hell-crank lever is divotally connected at 62 to one end of a rod 63 and the opposite end of the rod 63 is pivotally connected at 64 to a projection (35 formed upon the ring 23. It is to be understood that the fixed shaft extends laterally from the bell-crank lever upon one side and is flush with the same upon the side adjacent the rod 63, whereby the said rod 03 will be free to be moved below the shaft (30.

In the operation of my device, if it is desired to use the forward low speed, op'era't ing lever 34 is oscillated forwardly until the latch device 37 engages the notch 40. This movement of operating lever 34 will cause pinion -H to be partlally rotated counter clock-wise, and the ainion 36 will rotate the pinions 4 and 44 clock-wise. The lever 46 by means of connecting rod 51 will move the clutch head :28 toward the clutch face 3l-of pinion 2G but-not sutficiently near-to engage the same. The connecting rod 56 will swing bell-crank lever 57 forwardly whereby connecting rod (33 will draw forward .low speed friction pulley 13 into-engagement with the friction disk The connectin accordingly draw the reverse friction pulley. 12 away from the friction disk 8.

When it is desired to use the high speeddrivc, the. controlling lever 34 is oscillated forwardly until the same has its latch device in engagement with the notch 41. This further forward movement of controlling lever 3t will cause lever 45 by means of connecting rods 1'8 to draw the friction 'pulley 1'2 farther away from the friction disk. The lever 46 bynieans of rod 51 now advances tl1c clutch head 30 into engagement with the clutch face 31 formed upon pinion 26. Thelever 4-61 means of connecting rod 56, now swings the bellcrank lever 5.7 forwardly until the arm 6'lhas reached its most forward point of travel, when the same will be swung rearwardly, whereby connecting,

rod 63 w ll accordingly disengage the pulley l3. from the disk 8. W hen it is desired to use the reverse speed the controlling lever is oscillated rearwardlyuntil the latch device 37 engages the notch 42. Bv this movement ley 13 are both disengaged from the friction disk 8 and thev reversefriction pulley l2 forced into gagetneiit with the friction disk. The lowc ends of. the lovers, and 46 are connecte by means of a rctra'ctile coil spring 70.

Having fully described my invention what I claim is: l

1. The combination with a driving shaft, of a driven shaft, a friction disk and gear rigidly mounted upon saiddriven shaft, friction pulleys keyed upon said driving shaft to engage said friction disk. at diametrically opposite points, a "gear rotatably rod 48 will mounted upon said driving shaft and meshing with said first named gear, a clutch de vice keyed upon said driving shaft and adapted to engage said last named gear, a

controlling lever, for rotating a pinion, a-

between said double-ended lever and said clutch device and the other friction pulley. 2. The combination with a driving shaft, of a driven shaft, a friction disk and gear rigidly connected to said driven shaft, friction pulleys keyed upon said driving shaft for engagementwith said friction disk, a gear loosely mounted upon said driving shaft and meshin with said first named gear, means for 100 ing said last named gear to said driving shaft, a swingin lever, connecting rods pivotally connecte to the oppbsiteends ("if-said swinging lever, one of said connectin rods being pivotally connected to said loc ing means and the other to one of said friction pulleys, a swinging lever provided with connectin meanswith the other of said friction ufieys, and common means for simultaneous y moving said swinging levers.

The combination with a driving shaft, of a driven shaft, a friction disk and gear rigidly connected to said drivin shaft, friction pulleys keyed upon said diiving shaft for engagement with said friction disk, a second gear loosely mounted upon said driving shaft and meshing with said first named "gear, a clutch device for locking said last named gear to saiddriving shaft, a swinging lever, connecting means between one end ofsaid lever and said clutch device, a bellcrank lever, connecting means between the opposite end of said swinging lever and said bell-crank lever, connecting means between said bell-crunk lever and one of said friction pulleys, a swinging lever provided with connecting means with the other of said friction pulleys, and asingle lever for moving said swinging levers.

4. The combinatiol-l with a rotary disk and gear, of a rotary shaft arranged in operative relation thereto, a pulley keyed upon said rotary shaft, a second gear loosely mounted upon said shaft and meshing with said first named gear, a. clutch device for looking said second gear to said shaft, a swinging lever, connecting means between one end of said swinging lever and said clutch device, connecting means between the opposite end of said swinging lever and said pulley, and means for actuating said swinglng lever.

5. The combination with a rotary disk and gear, of a rotary shaft arran ed' in operative relation thereto, a pulley eyed upon said rotary shaft, a second gear loosely mounted upon said shaft and meshing with said first named gear, a clutch device for locking said second gear to said shaft, a

swinging lever, connecting means betweenone end of said swinging lever and said clutcli device, and connecting means between the o posite end of said swinging lever and sai ull'ey.

6.. The combination with a rotary disk and gear, of a rotary shaft arranged in operative relation thereto; a pulley keyed upon said shaft, a second gear loosely mounted u on said shaft and meshin with said rst named gear, a clutch devlce for locking said second gear to said shaft, a double-ended swinging lever, connecting means between one end of said swinging lever and said clutch device, a bell-crank lever connecting means between said bell-crank lever and said double-ended lever, connecting -means between said bell-crank lever and said pulley, and means for actuating said double-ended lever.-

7. The combination with a rotary disk and gear, of a rotary shaft'arranged in operative relation thereto, a pulley keyed upon said shaft, a second gear loosely mounted upon said shaft andmeshing with said first named gear, a swinging lever, a clutch device for locking said second gear to said shaft, connecting means between one end of said swinging lever and said clutch device, a bell- -crank lever, connecting meansbetween the opposite end of said swinging lever and said bell-crank lever, connecting means between said bell-crank lever and said pulley, a second pulley keyed upon said shaft,a second swinging lever, connecting means between said second swinging lever and said second pulley, a controlllng lever, and connecting means between said controlling lever and said first named swinging lever and said second swinging lever.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses (1H A RLES M. LEEGH. Witnesses:

Niinmn Hoovnu, ll, (3. DALznnL. 

